Marvin Everard Moore (born August 31, 1938) is a former Canadian provincial level politician from

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, Canada. He served as a member of the

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from 1971 to 1989. During his time in public office, he served number portfolios in the Executive Council of Alberta from 1975 to 1988.

Political career

Moore ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the

1971 Alberta general election The 1971 Alberta general election was the seventeenth general election held in the Province of Alberta, Canada on August 30, 1971, to elect seventy-five members of the Alberta Legislature to form the 17th Alberta Legislative Assembly. The Progr ...

. He won the new electoral district of Smoky River to pick it up for the Progressive Conservatives who would go on to form government in that election. The race for Smoky River was hotly contested with all three candidates splitting roughly a third of the vote. Moore ran for a second term in the

1975 Alberta general election The 1975 Alberta general election was held on March 26, 1975, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta to the 18th Alberta Legislature. The election was called on February 14, 1975 prorogued and dissolved of the 17th Alberta Legi ...

. For the second time in a row he faced off against New Democrat challenger Victor Tardif. This time Moore won a solid majority to hold the district. After the election Premier

Peter Lougheed Edgar Peter Lougheed ( ; July 26, 1928 – September 13, 2012) was a Canadian lawyer and Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, Progressive Conservative politician who served as the tenth premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985, presiding ...

appointed Moore to his first portfolio in the Executive Council. Moore would take of as Minister of Agriculture from Hugh Horner. He ran for re-election to his third term in the

1979 Alberta general election The 1979 Alberta general election was held on March 14, 1979, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, which had been expanded to 79 seats. The Progressive Conservative Party of Peter Lougheed won its third consecutive term in go ...

. His vote popularity would take a hit, but he still retained his seat by a wide margin. After the election Lougheed shuffled the cabinet. Moore became the new Minister of Municipal Affairs. He would run for his fourth term in office in the 1982 general election. Moore would see a modest rise in his popular vote. The opposition vote split evenly between the New Democrat and Western Canada Concept candidates. He would be easily reelected on the split vote. After the election Moore was shuffled to his third portfolio. This time as the Minister of Transportation. He kept his portfolio after

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became premier in 1985. Moore would run for his final term in office in the 1986 general election. He would win the highest popular vote of his political career defeating three other candidates. Moore would be shuffled by Getty to his final portfolio and he became Minister of Hospitals and Medical Care serving until 1988. Moore retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the assembly in 1989.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Marvin 1938 births Living people Members of the Executive Council of Alberta People from Grande Prairie Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs